• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. The life history has been described in due
detail (Dantchenko et al., 1996). Flying in July to August in oak forests. Host
plant: Quercus mongolica. Females
occurring in tree crowns while males, usually solitary, often on puddles. The
female lays eggs in a convolute leaf by some dozens at a time. Larvae of first
two instars keep living together. Five instar stages are passed during about 60
days. Pupa hanging on the leaf petiole. Pupal stage lasting about two weeks.